Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
2002.1.1460
Date:
1932
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
14 1/2 x 9 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This hand fan is made of paper with a wood handle. One side has a print of Jesus on a mountain with cypress trees and a village in the distance with the caption "Jesus on the Mount of Olives", above inspirational Biblical verses and surrounded by thorny roses. On the reverse, a black drawing of people entering a church and "Courtesy of/ Burnett and Rockefeller/ Funeral Directors/ Red Hook, N.Y./ Phone 105-F-3/ Phone 105-F-5".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
